Sixers vs. Thunder: Three things to care about

(Remember this scuffle between Evan Turner and KD from last season? All the videos on YouTube of it cut off before the next thing where Durant canned a 3 at the buzzer as the whole arena booed him. The one I ripped and uploaded was taken down, probably because it violated YouTube’s obscenity rules.)

Preseason game number two for the Thunder, this one at 2 p.m. CT from Manchester, England against the 76ers.

A few quick things to watch:

1. Reggie Jackson. He seemed a little hesitant with the ball in his hands against Fener on Saturday, like he was trying a little bit too hard to run the offense rather than just feeling and reacting. Jackson has to find that balance between calling his own number and running the called sets. Because within OKC’s offensive structure, it’s not like he has certain keys from a system that he does to initiate offense. Being a point guard for the Thunder is tough, because you’ve got to run your called play, and if that doesn’t work, it’s on you to figure out what to do next.

2. Steven Adams. He strikes me as the kind of guy that’s going to keep getting better every time he walks out on the floor. He’s got to prove a whole lot if he’s going to even sniff the rotation, but after Summer League and his minutes against Fener, would you really be all that terrified of Adams getting Thabeet’s minutes? Again, we don’t know enough yet, but what does Thabeet do all that much significantly better than Adams right now? And with the investment in Adams, why not try and get him minutes?

3. Kevin Durant. He’s playing live basketball on television. That should be more than enough to inspire you to watch.

Next Summer the Thunder needs to amnesty Perkins >:( and get Marcin Gortat. Then they need to get a skilled PG who's between Russ & Reggie from the NBA Draft since they have a first round pick. Then if Micheal Beasley is a free agent they need to go after him because he can create more scoring for our bench and he is good friends with KD.

I cant believe i'm saying this but. I think something we learned today is that having a Lamb + Jackson back court doesn't work as they are both too inexperianced to play with each other. Lamb looked much more comfortable playing with fisher last game. and reggie just wants to play with defenders so he can keep getting to the Rim AI style

@Legendary_Dork @International Man of Mystery I like both lamb and Reggie. I just think that they shouldn't play togeather much for a while as they don't work as a pairing. it was the same in Summerleague so its been more than 1 game.